INTRODUCTION
Reconstruction of large abdominal wall defects not amenable to primary closure remains a challenging problem. These defects result from trauma, previous surgery, infection and tumour… (More)

India (population 943 million) has seen a highly significant decrease in the prevalence of leprosy since the introduction of multi-drug therapy (MDT) in 1981. From a prevalence rate of 57/10,000 of… (More)

Nitrification associated with the various components [subsurface soil from unplanted and planted (rhizosphere) fields, standing water and surface soil from planted and unplanted fields and leaf… (More)

We have constructed artificial linear mini- chromosomes for the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma brucei. These chromosomes exist at approx. 2 copies per cell, are indefinitely stable under selection… (More)

Glomus tumor is a rare perivascular benign tumor arising from the Sucquet-Hoyer canal of the normal glomus body, most commonly in the digital areas. We report a serving soldier with such a tumor in… (More)

Nasogastric decompression seems to be widely employed in cholecystectomies despite evidence to the contrary. Based on a questionnaire given to 100 surgeons routinely doing cholecystectomies we found… (More)